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Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’: Rein in the track list

Matt Grubbs, Senior Reporter • April 13, 2024

Beyoncé’s highly anticipated eighth studio album, Cowboy Carter, arrived with all the hallmarks of a major artist release: a TikTok trend, a star-studded feature list and an unfortunate number of unimpressive...

A pop classic reimagined: a review of 1989 (Taylor’s Version)

Caroline James Warner, Contributor • November 13, 2023

In late October, Taylor Swift released her long-awaited re-recorded album “1989 (Taylor’s Version).” Just three and a half months after the re-release of her 2010 album “Speak Now,” Swift treated...

Re-recording and reclaiming: Taylor Swift’s latest vault track

Mercedes Dubberly, Senior Reporter • November 9, 2023

Two years ago, as Taylor Swift began the ambitious task of re-recording most of her albums, fans speculated about many things. What would the albums sound like, who would be featured, but most importantly,...

Spilling our ‘GUTS’: Album review

Caroline James Warner, Contributor • September 21, 2023

After the sweeping success of her debut album “SOUR,” the bar was set high for Olivia Rodrigo’s sophomore album “GUTS,” which was released Sept. 8. Fans had been craving new music from the 20-year-old...

Album Review: Marvelous – Yung Gravy

August Brueggemann, Contributor • November 17, 2022

Matthew Raymond Hauri, better known as Yung Gravy, dropped his new album "Marvelous" on Friday, Oct. 28. In the six years since his breakout single "Mr. Clean" went viral, I have frequently thought I’d...

Midnights Mayhem: An album review

Sydney Olsen, Asst. TimeOut Editor • October 27, 2022

Taylor Swift released her tenth studio album "Midnights" on Oct. 21, followed by seven additional tracks in "Midnights (3am Edition)" at the titular hour. Fans' greatest criticism of the album is its...

Mitski continues pop evolution with ‘Laurel Hell’

Sydney Ford, Senior Writer • February 10, 2022

Indie singer-songwriter Mitski released her sixth studio album “Laurel Hell” on Feb. 4 via Dead Oceans. From the pre-released singles, the album seems to continue the shift to a fuller pop sound that...

“Luv(sic)” — an album of love and loss

Griffin Cobb, Asst. TimeOut Editor • January 27, 2022

Probably one of the most common themes of songwriting is love. At some point in time, we’ve all experienced the swell, heartache and recovery of feeling love in our life. It’s what makes it such a...

Five albums we’re excited for in 2022

Sydney Ford, Senior Writer • January 12, 2022

Maggie Rogers - TBA Maggie Rogers released her first full-length LP “Heard It in a Past Life” in 2019 following her breakthrough 2017 EP, “Now That the Light is Fading.” Rogers first rose to fame...

Taylor Swift takes back ‘Red’

Anna Delahunt, Contributor • November 23, 2021

Taylor Swift is breaking records on an album that was first released 9 years ago. “Red (Taylor’s Version),” the second of her albums to be re-recorded, was released on Nov. 12, 2021....

Review: “Montero” by Lil Nas X

Caleb Browder, Photo Editor • September 30, 2021

Rapper Lil Nas X released his much anticipated debut album, “Montero,” on Sept. 17. Nas, whose real name is Montero Lamar Hill, first charted in the US in early 2019 with his first successful single...